Lamp-burner attachment



(No Model.)

G. S. GATES. LAMP BURNER ATTACHMENT.

No. 451,555. Patented May 5,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. GATES, OF ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAM P-BURN ER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,555, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed November 24, 1890. Serial No. 372,528. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGES. GATES, of Athol, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Lamp-Burner Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to providean attachment to a lamp-burner to hold the same when unscrewed from the lamp-collar, so as to permit the lamp to be filled in a convenient manner and sustain the burner when turned down at a right angle to one side of thelamp reservoir or chamber containing the kerosene; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of an attachment hinged or pivoted to the extreme lower end of the screw-threaded portion of the burner and adapted to beinserted through the screw threaded collar of the lamp and he slid up or down through the same as the burner is applied or removed in the act of fillin g thelamp, and act as a stop or support to hold the burner suspended at one side of the collar, as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims. I

Figure 1 represents a side elevation showin g a lamp-burner having a filling attachment hinged to the lower end thereof constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a bottom elevation of theburner,showingtheburner removed from the lamp and turned down to one side and supported in position by the filling attachment, as in use. I

In the drawings hereto annexed, which form a part of this specification, A represents the reservoir of a lamp, having a screw-threaded collar B secured to the neck or top of the same, as now in general use.

0 represents a burner of usual construction.

To the extreme lower endof the screwthreaded portion E, and parallel with the side of the flat wick-tube F, is secured bya hingejoint H the attachment L for supporting the burner at one side ofthe collar when filling the lamp, as shown. This filling attachment L consists of a wire bent so as to form two spring-prongs, extending downward from opposite ends of the hinge-socketH a short distance straight or parallel with the edges of the wick G, and their lower end portions are curved outwardly or bent at rlght angles, so that when the opposite prongs are pressed to ward each other the outward projecting portions P are brought sufficient-ly together so as to be passed through the lamp-collar B. lVhen thus inserted, they spring outwardly to their normal posit-ion, and when the burner thus provided is unscrewed from the lamp it may be turned down to one side, which will cause the curved or right-angle portions forming their lower ends to be brought in contact with the interior of the walls forming the lamp reservoir, and thereby act to support the burner in such position when filling thelamp in the usual manner, whereby the removal of the burner and wick is avoided, or holding the same with one hand and holding the oilcan with the other and spilling the oil upon the outside of the lamp, as heretofore, is entirely obviated by the employment of this cheap, simple, convenient, and eflicient lampfiller or lamp-burner filling attachment which is within the lamp when in use, and need not be removed from the lamp at any time, as wicks may be inserted and removed from the burner when turned down to one side more easily than when held by the hand in the usual manner, thus serving a further useful purpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. A lamp-burner having an attachment hinged to the lower end of the screw-threaded portion of the burner and passing within the collar of the lamp, so that the burner may be removed and turned down to one side and held supported in such position by the contact of said attachment with the interior of the walls of the reservoir of the lamp, for the purposes set forth.

2. A lamp-burner having a pair of curved spring-prongs hinged to the lower end of the screw-threaded portion of the burner and adapted to pass within the collar of the lamp, so that the burner may be removed and turned down at one side and held supported insuch position by the curved ends of the said prongs being brought in contact with the illterior of the walls of the reservoir of the lamp, substantially as described.

GEORGE S. GATES.

lVitnesses:

SYLvENUs "VALKER, JOHN H. OooMBs. 

